Citation: E.H. Krause in Sturm., Dtsch. Fl. edn 2, 9:251 (1901).

Synonymy: Centunculus minimus L., Sp. Pl. 116 (1753).

Common name: Chaffweed.

Description:
Delicate herbs with erect to decumbent branches 1-6 cm long, quadrangular, glabrous; leaves subsessile or with a petiole to 2 mm long, alternate lanceolate to ovate, 3-5 x 2-4 mm, acute or obtuse, with a cuneate base, glabrous but papillose along the margins.

Flowers single in the axils of leaves, 2-3 mm across; pedicels absent or to 2 mm long; calyx lobes linear-lanceolate, with a cuneate base and drawn into a sharp point, scarcely ridged dorsally; corolla tubular, white to more or less tinged pink, up to half as long as the calyx; lobes ovate and drawn into a terminal point, glabrous; stamens about one-third of the corolla, with glabrous filaments.

capsule almost spherical, 2-3 mm long, surmounted by a simple style often hidden under the remains of the corolla.

Published illustration: Ross-Craig, (1964) Drawings Brit. Pl. 20:pl. 20.

Distribution:  Moist places.   Vic.   Native to Europe. Conservation status: naturalised Flowering time: Oct. — Jan.

SA Distribution Map based on current data relating to specimens held in the State Herbarium of South Australia

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